Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 234 330
Rank change year-on-year -122 +96 -28
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 566 678 687
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 1.37% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 1.53% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 265 292 366
10th Percentile £36,600 £46,250 £39,221
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,311 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,850 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.07% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,850 £62,500 £58,700
% change year-on-year -2.64% +6.47% -9.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77,301 44,356 67,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 89.43% 81.01%
Number of salaries quoted 53,282 25,229 44,135
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -9.09%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 7 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -106 506 £61,845 -11.65% 813
London -12 315 £67,136 -14.75% 536
Work from Home +34 243 £62,500 -3.85% 301
UK excluding London -179 196 £60,850 -2.64% 317
North of England -31 63 £63,076 -11.47% 73
North West +7 39 £75,000 +17.65% 46
South East -146 34 £41,000 -34.40% 100
Midlands -43 30 £47,500 -21.49% 42
East of England -26 29 £63,750 -13.27% 37
South West -80 25 £68,528 +14.21% 30
West Midlands -34 24 £52,500 -12.50% 33
Yorkshire -24 21 £60,850 -22.73% 21
Scotland +15 11 £81,250 - 22
East Midlands -34 6 £37,500 -46.04% 9
Wales -61 3 £65,000 +8.59% 9
North East - 3 £63,076 - 6
Northern Ireland -77 2 - - 8

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 23 (4.06%) Confluence
2 16 (2.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 10 (1.77%) CMS
3 10 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 53 (9.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 29 (5.12%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.88%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.53%) Moqups
7 2 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 39 (6.89%) Workfront
2 4 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.71%) Shopify
3 3 (0.53%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.35%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Eikon
5 1 (0.18%) iTrent
5 1 (0.18%) Magento
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.18%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.18%) RMDS
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 88 (15.55%) SaaS
2 79 (13.96%) AWS
3 57 (10.07%) Azure
4 53 (9.36%) iPaaS
5 18 (3.18%) GCP
6 17 (3.00%) Google Workspace
7 16 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (2.47%) GitHub
9 13 (2.30%) Figma
9 13 (2.30%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.77%) GitHub Copilot
10 10 (1.77%) OneDrive
11 7 (1.24%) Anthropic Claude
11 7 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.06%) Asana
13 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.71%) Amazon Bedrock
14 4 (0.71%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 3 (0.53%) ClickUp
15 3 (0.53%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 62 (10.95%) Broadband
2 31 (5.48%) HTTP
3 11 (1.94%) WAN
4 8 (1.41%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.24%) Firewall
5 7 (1.24%) LAN
6 5 (0.88%) Network Security
6 5 (0.88%) NGN
7 4 (0.71%) MPLS
7 4 (0.71%) Multicast
7 4 (0.71%) SAN
8 3 (0.53%) Intranet
8 3 (0.53%) VSAT
8 3 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.53%) WLAN
9 2 (0.35%) DNS
9 2 (0.35%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.35%) Skype
9 2 (0.35%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (9.54%) Metadata
2 12 (2.12%) Power BI
3 6 (1.06%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.88%) BigQuery
5 4 (0.71%) Big Data
5 4 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.35%) Mixpanel
6 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.18%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.18%) MySQL
7 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.18%) Redis
7 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (8.48%) JIRA
2 9 (1.59%) Git
3 7 (1.24%) Claude Code
4 6 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.88%) Selenium
6 3 (0.53%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.53%) JUnit
6 3 (0.53%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.18%) GitLab
7 1 (0.18%) TestNG
7 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 187 (33.04%) Social Skills
2 186 (32.86%) Marketing
3 179 (31.63%) Finance
4 93 (16.43%) Banking
5 90 (15.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 84 (14.84%) Law
7 74 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
8 66 (11.66%) Retail
9 64 (11.31%) Presentation Skills
10 50 (8.83%) Influencing Skills
11 34 (6.01%) Public Sector
12 29 (5.12%) Legal
13 23 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (3.53%) Back Office
15 17 (3.00%) Italian Language
15 17 (3.00%) Telecoms
16 16 (2.83%) Manufacturing
17 14 (2.47%) Retail Banking
18 11 (1.94%) German Language
19 10 (1.77%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 172 (30.39%) Product Manager
2 76 (13.43%) Lead
3 74 (13.07%) Product Owner
3 74 (13.07%) Senior
4 43 (7.60%) Software Engineer
5 40 (7.07%) Senior Manager
6 37 (6.54%) Senior Product Manager
7 31 (5.48%) Development Engineer
7 31 (5.48%) Software Development Engineer
8 28 (4.95%) Lead Software Engineer
9 21 (3.71%) Consultant
10 19 (3.36%) Product Lead
11 17 (3.00%) Developer
11 17 (3.00%) Platform Manager
12 15 (2.65%) Business Consultant
12 15 (2.65%) Technical Manager
13 14 (2.47%) Business Development Consultant
13 14 (2.47%) Development Consultant
13 14 (2.47%) Development Manager
14 13 (2.30%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (6.36%) REST
2 13 (2.30%) Google Maps API
3 12 (2.12%) React
4 7 (1.24%) LangChain
5 6 (1.06%) CSS
5 6 (1.06%) HTML
5 6 (1.06%) Spring
6 5 (0.88%) PyTorch
6 5 (0.88%) Spring Boot
6 5 (0.88%) TensorFlow
7 4 (0.71%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (0.71%) LangGraph
7 4 (0.71%) Node.js
7 4 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.53%) .NET
8 3 (0.53%) CrewAI
8 3 (0.53%) LlamaIndex
8 3 (0.53%) Pandas
9 2 (0.35%) Jest
9 2 (0.35%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 184 (32.51%) Product Ownership
2 65 (11.48%) Social Media
3 54 (9.54%) Marketing Technology
3 54 (9.54%) Over-the-Top Content
4 40 (7.07%) Cloud Native
5 36 (6.36%) Public Cloud
6 32 (5.65%) Onboarding
7 29 (5.12%) AI Agents
8 19 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (3.00%) Management Information System
10 13 (2.30%) Augmented Reality
10 13 (2.30%) Virtual Reality
10 13 (2.30%) Web Conferencing
11 12 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (2.12%) Enterprise Cloud
12 11 (1.94%) Educational Technology
12 11 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.59%) Mobile App
14 8 (1.41%) Driving Licence
14 8 (1.41%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.65%) Linux
2 9 (1.59%) Windows
3 4 (0.71%) Unix
4 3 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.18%) Android
5 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.18%) CentOS
5 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (61.31%) Roadmaps
2 243 (42.93%) Agile
3 167 (29.51%) Product Roadmap
4 142 (25.09%) AI
5 136 (24.03%) Product Vision
6 128 (22.61%) Decision-Making
7 120 (21.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 110 (19.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 107 (18.90%) Customer Experience
10 106 (18.73%) Product Backlog
11 105 (18.55%) User Stories
12 93 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
13 89 (15.72%) Software Engineering
14 88 (15.55%) Product Strategy
15 87 (15.37%) Product Requirements
16 81 (14.31%) User Experience
17 80 (14.13%) Analytics
18 78 (13.78%) Mentoring
19 75 (13.25%) Matrix Organization
19 75 (13.25%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 45 (7.95%) Java
2 29 (5.12%) Python
3 12 (2.12%) JavaScript
3 12 (2.12%) SQL
4 11 (1.94%) TypeScript
5 8 (1.41%) C++
6 6 (1.06%) Bicep
7 5 (0.88%) R
8 3 (0.53%) Bash
8 3 (0.53%) C#
8 3 (0.53%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.53%) PHP
8 3 (0.53%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.35%) Perl
10 1 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 117 (20.67%) Degree
2 27 (4.77%) Master's Degree
3 21 (3.71%) Security Cleared
4 20 (3.53%) SC Cleared
5 17 (3.00%) MBA
6 13 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.59%) HND
8 8 (1.41%) HNC
9 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.06%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.06%) PMP
10 5 (0.88%) CSPO
10 5 (0.88%) PhD
11 4 (0.71%) CCNA
11 4 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.71%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.53%) CISSP
12 3 (0.53%) Dell Certification
12 3 (0.53%) MCSA
13 2 (0.35%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.18%) QA
2 23 (4.06%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.59%) GDPR
4 7 (1.24%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.06%) PMO
6 4 (0.71%) PERC
6 4 (0.71%) SLA
7 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.35%) DICOM
7 2 (0.35%) HL7
7 2 (0.35%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.18%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.18%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (1.77%) Docker
2 5 (0.88%) Firmware
3 4 (0.71%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.53%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.35%) vSphere
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (3.00%) Terraform
2 9 (1.59%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.53%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.53%) WSUS
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.18%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.18%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 59 (10.42%) Adobe
2 55 (9.72%) Microsoft
3 25 (4.42%) Salesforce
4 24 (4.24%) Google
5 15 (2.65%) Facebook
5 15 (2.65%) OpenAI
6 11 (1.94%) Cisco
7 10 (1.77%) Oracle
7 10 (1.77%) Workday
8 6 (1.06%) Juniper
9 5 (0.88%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.71%) Toshiba
11 3 (0.53%) Aderant
11 3 (0.53%) Fujitsu
11 3 (0.53%) iManage
11 3 (0.53%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.53%) Reuters
11 3 (0.53%) Starlink
11 3 (0.53%) VMware